Unity Editor won't start after installation?

Hi Everyone,

After I installed Unity Editor through software center, I can’t get it to start. Nothing happen when I click on Unity icon.

The system warn me that I have 600mb left but the unity editor is only 7gb while my free space is 8.4gb.

I don’t think that the problem has something to do with storage but some other issue and if it has something to do with it then it might be harder to change the directory of *.deb

Thank for help!

Which version of unity are you trying to run?

If it’s either 5.6xb6 or 5.6xb8 it could be this problem Build 5.6.0xb6, Illegal instruction - Unity Engine - Unity Discussions

It’s 5.6xb8

My Ubuntu is 16.10 and thank for reply.

Try starting unity in a terminal window and see if it says ‘Illegal instruction’.
If does you have to use a version lower than 5.6xb6, until they fix it in future builds. I’m using 5.6xb3 but it has no audio.

If it still doesn’t work with a lower version, then you would have to check if you have all the dependencies installed.

Sorry, if this may sound dumb but how do I execute program via terminal? I’ve type in Unity-editor but nothing happen(I always use it with other install program).

Additionally, I’m donwloading older version just to see. Thank for update!

I don’t think it adds itself to the PATH. I think it only adds a .desktop file to the menu.

Thank, mate!

THe 5.5.1f1 work but haven’t login yet.

Glad you got it working. :slight_smile:
Hopefully next release will have fixed the issue.

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Anyway, can I ask get help with something that not related to Unity?

It installed to /opt and as I know that changing the directory of *.deb is not easy. Do you have any ideas on how to move Unity from /opt to /home (where I mount on other HDD).

You can use the self extracting package and place the unity folder anywhere you want. That is how I use multiple unity versions without installing any packages.

Doing this you would have to make a shortcut of the executable or just run it from the folder.

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Thank a lot, mate! You’re the real MVP here.